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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
) - Differential ... Scleroderma renal crises ... • Cocaine • NMS ... encephalopathy #altered #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential ... Inflammatory: MS ... , ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic ... Demyelinating #Diseases #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
neuromuscular blockade - Differential ... MarkHarrisMD #nmb ... blockade #Prolonged #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Causes
Treatment of NMS
 Dopamine antagonists should be discontinued immediately in patients suspected of NMS. Like SS,
Treatment of NMS ... patients suspected of NMS ... mainstay treatment of NMS ... of NMS. ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome #NMS
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
key feature of NMS ... in about 95% of NMS ... cases. ... EPS symptoms in NMS ... a patient with NMS
Serotonin Syndrome Differential Diagnosis: Anticholinergic syndrome, Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, Malignant hyperthermia  #Diagnosis #Differential #Serotonin #Syndrome
Serotonin Syndrome Differential ... hyperthermia #Diagnosis #Differential ... Serotonin #Syndrome #NMS ... Comparison #Table #Differential
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 
Esophageal Dysphagia 
 • Upper 2/3 (striated muscle): stroke, NMJ
Dysphagia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... muscle): stroke, NMJ ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Patterns of Diseases on MRI FLAIR - Differential Diagnosis
ADEM, Adreno-leukodystrophy, CADASIL, CNS, Lymphoma, High-Grade Glioma, HIV
on MRI FLAIR - Differential ... : Active, MS: Inactive ... , MS: Tumefactive ... , NMO, PRES, PML ... Diseases #MRI #Differential
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
NMS can occur after ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Medications #Drugs #Causes
Causes of Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Altered ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS ... AlteredMentalStatus #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof